Ivana Trump (born Ivana Marie Zelníčková Winklmayr (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɪvana ˈmarɪjɛ ˈzɛlɲiːtʃkovaː]; February 20, 1949) is a former Olympic athlete, socialite, and fashion model noted for her marriage to mogul Donald J. Trump.
Ivana was born in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia, now Zlín, Czech Republic. From a very young age, her father nurtured and encouraged her skiing talent. In 1972, Ivana Zelníčková Winklmayr was selected as an alternate on t...
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Ivana Trump (born Ivana Marie Zelníčková Winklmayr (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɪvana ˈmarɪjɛ ˈzɛlɲiːtʃkovaː]; February 20, 1949) is a former Olympic athlete, socialite, and fashion model noted for her marriage to mogul Donald J. Trump.
Ivana was born in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia, now Zlín, Czech Republic. From a very young age, her father nurtured and encouraged her skiing talent. In 1972, Ivana Zelníčková Winklmayr was selected as an alternate on the 1972 Czechoslovak Olympic Ski Team which allowed her several opportunities to travel outside the Communist Bloc. Soon after, she married childhood friend George Syrovatka, a Canadian citizen, in order to attain a foreign passport so that Communist leaders would not deem her a defector.
In the early 1970s she earned a master's degree in physical education from Charles University of Prague. In 1975 she left Czechoslovakia for Canada to be with George, who owned a ski boutique there. For the following two years she lived in Montreal and worked...
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